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href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/05/504414334/accused-charleston-church-shooter-rehires-his-defense-team">Roof has asked to represent himself</a> in the penalty phase of the trial, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 3.</p> <p>The guilt phase of the trial featured six days of testimony from 30 witnesses, including a recorded confession and excerpts from Roof's journal, and it painted a picture of a young man filled with racial hatred who spent months planning to murder black people.</p> <p>Roof entered Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston on the evening of June 17, 2015, and, for nearly an hour, sat among a dozen people at a Bible study before opening fire during the worshippers' final prayer.</p> <div class="backstage-sponsor-language"> <span>Article continues after <a href="http://www.npr.org/about-npr/186948703/corporate-sponsorship" target="_blank">sponsorship</a></span> </div> <aside id="ad-backstage-wrap" aria-label="advertisement"> 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href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/14/505561759/final-arguments-set-to-begin-in-charleston-church-massacre-trial">told the jury</a> Roof stood over her with his gun and asked her if she had been shot. When she said no, Roof told her: "I'm not going to. I'm going to leave you here to tell the story."</p> <p>Roof, who was 21 at the time, was arrested the next day.</p> <p>Less than 24 hours after the massacre, Roof gave a two-hour taped interview to FBI agents, part of which was played for the jury. In it, Roof said of Sheppard, "I didn't shoot her because she was, like, looking at me."</p> <div id="res505744107" class="bucketwrap image medium"> <div class="imagewrap" data-crop-type=""> <img src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/15/gettyimages-540681598-d965abccf78516df26eabe26f49c96354f021c58-s800.jpg" data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/15/gettyimages-540681598-d965abccf78516df26eabe26f49c96354f021c58-s800.jpg" class="img lazyOnLoad" alt=""> <div class="enlarge-options"> <a class="enlargelink" href="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/15/gettyimages-540681598-d965abccf78516df26eabe26f49c96354f021c58-s1200.jpg">Enlarge this image</a> </div> </div> <div class="credit-caption"> <div class="caption-wrap"> <div class="caption" aria-label="Image caption"> <p> Sharon Risher, whose mother and two cousins were killed at Emanuel AME Church. <b class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Win McNamee/Getty Images </b> <b class="hide-caption"><b>hide caption</b></b> </p> </div> <b class="toggle-caption"><b>toggle caption</b></b> </div> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Win McNamee/Getty Images </span> </div> <div class="enlarge_measure"> <div class="img_wrap"> <img data-original="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/15/gettyimages-540681598-d965abccf78516df26eabe26f49c96354f021c58-s1200.jpg" alt="" src="https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/15/gettyimages-540681598-d965abccf78516df26eabe26f49c96354f021c58-s1200.jpg"> </div> </div> <div class="enlarge_html"> <div class="image_data"> <p class="caption">Sharon Risher, whose mother and two cousins were killed at Emanuel AME Church.</p> <span class="credit" aria-label="Image credit"> Win McNamee/Getty Images </span> </div> </div> </div> <p>He also said: "I am guilty. We all know I'm guilty."</p> <p>Roof also explained at least some of his motives. He said he felt he "had to" commit the crime because "no one else was brave enough," and explained to the agents that he believed white people "already are the second-class citizens."</p> <p>Roof said he had been inspired after he searched on Google for the phrase "black on white crime" in reaction to <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/03/19/148905661/killing-of-fla-teen-trayvon-martin-becomes-national-story-about-race">the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin</a>, who was black, by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.</p> <p>"That was it," Roof said.</p> <p>Asked if he believed those he shot were bad people, Roof said almost incredulously, "They're in church; they weren't criminals or anything."</p> <p>Roof's defense attorneys did not call any witnesses, and Roof said he did not want to testify. During closing arguments on Thursday, defense attorney David Bruck asked the jury to consider why Roof did what he did.</p> <p><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/church_shooting/dylann-roof-found-guilty-on-all-counts-in-emanuel-ame/article_c6b12f02-c2c9-11e6-bf62-078489dee328.html">The Post and Courier newspaper reported</a> on Bruck's closing argument:</p> <blockquote class="edTag"><div> <p>" 'There is hatred all right, and certainly racism, but it goes a lot further than that,' [Bruck] said.</p> <p>" 'Every bit of motivation came from things he saw on the internet. That's it. ... 'He is simply regurgitating, in whole paragraphs, slogans and facts — bits and pieces of facts that he downloaded from the internet directly into his brain.' "</p> </div></blockquote> <p>Roof is facing <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3214799-Roof-SC-Charges.html">separate murder charges</a> brought by the state of South Carolina, which is also seeking the death penalty. 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